There are actually dependency issues that apt-get CANNOT resolve that
dselect can. Specifically when a package is added to the archives and
a new dependency is created, apt-get chokes on it saying that it will
hold-back the old packages, whereas dselect will show the problem and
allow you to accept the "fix" (adding another package) with a simple
<ENTER> if you agree.
Then, this is a bug or missing feature in apt-get. And I thought apt-get
dist-upgrade resolved this, but anyways, either way, if this doesn't work
with apt, it means apt should be fixed, not that dselect should be forced on
people who don't like it.
If apt hadn't existed, I might even have been forced to give up using
Debian because of the thought of having to use dselect for package
management.
Methinks you doth protest too much. ;-)
I feel the same as the first poster, frankly. I don't like any curses or CUI
based package managers. I want a CLI based one, and apt-get does the job very
nicely, at least for me.